Simoni v. Costigan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Simoni v. Costigan

100 A.D.3d 531, 953 N.Y.S.2d 858

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided November 20, 2012·Published

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Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laura G. Douglas, J.), entered February 17, 2011, which, inter alia, denied defendant Costigan’s motion to consolidate two personal injury actions with a legal malpractice action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although the personal injury actions and the legal malpractice action involve “a common question of law or fact” (CPLR 602 [a]), consolidation could engender jury confusion and prejudice the defendants in the malpractice action (see Addison v New York Presbyt. Hosp./Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr., 52 AD3d 269 [1st Dept 2008]; Brown v Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 137 AD2d 479 [2d Dept 1988]). Concur — Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.

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Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Laura G. Douglas, J.), entered February 17, 2011, which, inter alia, denied defendant Costigan’s motion to consolidate two personal injury actions with a legal malpractice action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although the personal injury actions and the legal malpractice action involve “a common question of law or fact” (CPLR 602 [a]), consolidation could engender jury confusion and prejudice the defendants in the malpractice action (see Addison v New York Presbyt. Hosp./Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr., 52 AD3d 269 [1st Dept 2008]; Brown v Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 137 AD2d 479 [2d Dept 1988]). Concur — Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.

Simoni v. Costigan, 100 A.D.3d 531, 953 N.Y.S.2d 858 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2012).

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